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Sensory Quality of Stored Croissant-Type Bakery Products

BERNADETTA HOZOV, IVETA KUKUROV, RENATA TURICOV and LADISLAV DODOK
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak Technical University in Bratislava,
Slovak Republic
Abstract
HOZOV B., KUKUROV I., TURICOV R., DODOK L. (2002): Sensory quality of stored croissant-type bakery products.
Czech J. Food Sci., 20: 105112.
The results are presented of the estimation of sensory quality (shape, odour, colour, taste, consistency, crust, crumb etc.), mould
and yeast counts, aw value, and pH in 8 bakery croissant-type products with nougat cream filling during storage under laboratory
conditions (20 2C) for the periods of up to 90 days (0; 30; 45; 60; 75 and 90 days). The products differed in the type of dough
(brioche, croissant), the aw value of the cream, and in the presence or absence of sorbic acid in the spirit spray applied onto the
surface of the products under investigation. The above-indicated parameters were examined also in the nougat cream samples on
day 0 and 90 of the storage. The selected quality parameters permitted to estimate the shelf life of the products in the dependence
on various technological conditions (sorbic acid, recipe, aw value).
Keywords: croissants; sensory evaluation; moulds and yeasts; aw; pH; sorbic acid

The production of bakery products constitutes an inherent part of the agricultural and food complex in ensuring the nourishment of the population. In connection with
the development of new kinds of products, the volume of
production and, simultaneously, the demand of the retail
network stimulated by a larger supply of the assortment
have been continuously growing. The main reasons are:
taste variety, the availability for consumption, and longterm storability.
The basic criteria of the quality of durable products are
health safety and optimum sensory properties. Both the
quality and durability of products are influenced by the
raw-material quality, recipe, and storage conditions. The
durability of bakery products with the medium and high
humidity contents is often limited by the growth of moulds.
A lot of species are able to grow at the water activity
value of 0.8 whereas some xerophilous species at that of
0.65. Losses caused by the moulding process vary between 1% and 5% in the dependence on the season, the
type of product, and the mode of production (LEGAN 1993;
NIJS et al. 1996; ABELLANA et al. 1997; HAASUM & NIELSEN 1998; VEGA et al. 1998).
Apart from the currently produced types of sweet durable bakery products such as biscuits, crackers, sponge
and tea biscuits in the limelight of the market are also

innovated and tasteful croissant-type products filled with

various kinds of cream which are favoured especially by
the children population; these are more and more frequently subjected to different technological treatments prolonging their durability (ingredients, packaging) (FRIEDRICH
1992; AKGN et al. 1997; GAUTCHIER & DYER 1997).
One of the croissant producers in Slovakia is a private
firm with the commercial name Resanka which produces sweet crescent-shaped rolls filled with nuts, nougat,
apricots, kiwis, cherries and, since recently, with Champagne cream (exported also to the Czech Republic). The
guaranteed period of consumption amounts to three
months from the date of production during which the
stored products must comply with all necessary quality
criteria (microbiological, physical, chemical, sensory, etc.)
in accordance with the Food Codex of the Slovak Republic (1998) and the regional standard PN 01/98 (Norma kvality Croissant-Resanka. Ress, a.s., Senica). The most crucial
factors influencing the microbiological and sensory quality of bakery products are: aw value (BRACK 1994; ABELLANA et al. 1997; VEGA et al. 1998), pH (ABELLANA et al.
1997; ILHNKOV 1995), food additives (GERRARD et
al. 2000; HERMANN & SALDIVAR 2000), preserving substances such as sorbic acid, benzoic acid (FRIAS et al.
1996), propionic acid and its salts (ROSLYAKOV & PALA105

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GINA 1996), ethanol, nitrogen and CO2 (SMITH 1994; PHILLIPS 1996; DOULIA et al. 2000) and packaging material
(SPARAKOWSKI 1993; SMITH 1994; SMITH et al. 1996;
HORN & GEHR 1998; DOULIA et al. 2000).

However, only a minimum number of research works

have been engaged so far in the qualitative evaluation of
this type of products (HAASUM & NIELSEN 1998). The
accessible data, namely the patented ones, consider primarily the technological aspects of production (equipments, recipes) (UENO & TASHIRO 1992; MORIHAWA &
UENO 1993). Our objective was to search, in co-operation
with the above-indicated firm, for mutual connections and
relations affecting the microbiological and sensory quality of the shelf life of croissant-type products, and on the
basis of the results to suggest the producers suitable
solutions for improving and optimizing the production in
order to achieve a prolonged shelf life of the final products.
In the model experiment, parameters such as: organoleptic properties (shape, odour, colour, taste, consistency, etc.), mould and yeast counts, pH and aw values (as
complementary factors) were pursued during 90-day storage (at intervals of 0, 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 days) at t = 20
2C in 8 types of croissants filled with nougat cream, the
products differing in the type of dough (brioche, croissant), aw value, and the presence or absence of sorbic acid
in the spirit spray (0.62%). These parameters were examined individually also in the nougat cream samples, but
only at the beginning (zero day) and at the end of the storage (90th day).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The croissant Resanka (40 g) is a sweet crescent-shape
roll filled with nougat cream and composed of: wheat flour,
nougat cream, margarine, water, sugar, eggs, starch syrup, dried milk, yeast, emulsifier E-471, vanillin sugar and
lemon aroma.
The sensory quality, mould and yeast counts, and aw
and pH values were evaluated in the samples of two types
of products:
Type 1 products Brioche (30 g dough + 10 g filling)
Resanka Vita nougat cream C1 (aw = 0.79) with sorbic
acid
Resanka Vita nougat cream C1 (aw = 0.79) without sorbic
acid
Resanka Vita nougat cream C3 (aw = 0.86) with sorbic
acid
Resanka Vita nougat cream C3 (aw = 0.79) without sorbic
acid
Type 2 products Croissant (27 g dough + 13 g filling)
Croissant nougat cream C2 (aw = 0.82) with sorbic acid
Croissant nougat cream C2 (aw = 0.82) without sorbic
acid
Croissant nougat cream C2 (aw = 0.86) with sorbic acid
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Croissant nougat cream C2 (aw = 0.86) without sorbic
acid
Technological procedure of production. Standardized
raw-materials are used to prepare leavened dough which
is weighed out into small loaves and left for a fixed time to
rest. Then the dough is molded with a molder to a fixed
thickness and distributed into triangular forms. After being shaped, the products are coiled and laid on plates which
are put on carriages and allowed to ferment in the fermentation chamber. The leavened products are baked for 15 min
at 220C in a semi-automatic multiple-hearth furnace, then
filled by means of three injection punctures and wrapped
into cellophane foil. The wrapped products are put into
cardboards and dispatched (PN 01/98).
Note: The brioche dough is not let to rest; it is immediately shaped after kneading.

Packaging material. The foil is produced from rawmaterials harmless to health. It should comply with the
hygienic requirements for a direct contact with eatables.
It has favourable barrier properties against the water vapour permeability and contains some aromatic substances. The foil is characterized by its metal-bright appearance
(PND 12-184-00 Plasty, kombinovan filmy a kpie).
For the microbiological examination of the products,
5 packages (10 g each) were used with the addition of
90 ml of physiological solution. Homogenization proceeded in a separating funnel for 20 to 30 min. Both the samples and the nougat cream (10 g) were analysed by 2 and
3 parallel determinations.
1. Sensory evaluation was accomplished by the 5-point
hedonic scale determination and the profiling of tastiness was carried out by 6 panel assessors (POKORN
1993).
2. Yeast and mould count were determined by the plate
count method, on the chloramphenicol glucose extract
agar (arisk Michaany, Slovak Republic) (STN ISO
7954 1997 Mikrobiolgia. Veobecn pokyny na stanovenie potu kvasiniek a plesn. Metda potania
kolni kultivovanch pri 25 oC).
3. The aw value was determined according to the Slovak
Standard STN 56 0030, 1996 Stanovenie aktivity vody
v potravinch (Thermoconstanter-Defensor AG-Novasina, Switzerland).
4. Measurement of the pH value was carried out using a
pH meter inoLab, pH level 1 with a Blue Line glass
electrode.
5. Mathematical and statistical evaluation of the results
(x, s, sr%) was carried out after CHATFIELD (1995).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Sensory evaluation

Products. Changes in the organoleptic properties of

8 kinds of the croissant samples Resanka stored at lab-

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oratory temperature (20 2C) were evaluated at time intervals of 0, 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 days. The individual
samples differed in the type of dough (brioche and croissant), the aw value of the cream, and the addition (or absence) of sorbic acid in the spirit spray.
The six-member panel evaluated the following sensory
parameters: shape, crust, odour, hardness, crumb, taste,
the appearance of the cream, taste + consistency of the
nougat cream, and adhesiveness to palate (5-point hedonic scale, according to which the maximum value of
5 points corresponded to the highest degree of the evaluated products quality whereas the lowest degree of the
evaluation expressed by 1 point demonstrated its fundamental qualitative deficiencies). The results of the sensory evaluation are summarized in Tables 1 and 2.

It was found that:

in the samples produced from the croissant dough, more
remarkable changes in the sensory properties took place in comparison with those from the brioche dough;
the changes were observed in individual sensory parameters, especially in hardness, odour, taste, crust and
shape. Moreover, also the general evaluation was lower
in the products made of the croissant dough as manifested by the minimum value of 30.5 (s = 0.52, sr = 10.7%)
whereas in the products made of the brioche dough the
minimum value of 35.7 (s = 0.55, sr = 11.1%) was found.
It is obvious that the lower sensory quality is associated with the difference in dough fat contents (the brioche dough contains 15% of fat while the croissant
dough as much as 25%). It may be suggested that du-

Table 1. Scale of the sensory scoring evaluation of Croissants

Attribute

Characteristics

Attribute

Characteristics

Shape

2 rough walls, thick pores, yellow shade, low, friable

regular, well-formed

regular, slightly formed

1 rough walls, almost no pores, yellow or grey,

non-elastic, adhesive

slightly regular, slightly formed

Taste

irregular

flat, deformed

5 very agreeable pastry-like, harmonizing with an applied

nougat filling

Crust

4 suitable, less expressive

3 slightly expressive pastry-like up to inexpressive

golden-brown, fragile, smooth

darker or lighter, less fragile, smooth

darker or lighter, medium-fragile, fine-cracked

dark or light, medium-fragile, more cracked

Cream appearance

very dark or light, non-fragile, more cracked

5 evenly distributed, with no outflow on the surface

Odour

2 acidic, alcoholic
1 strongly disagreeable, strange

4 evenly distributed, with some outflow on the surface

3 unevenly distributed, with no outflow on the surface

much pastry-like, harmonizing with an applied nougat

filling

less pastry-like

1 filled insufficiently or not at all

slightly pastry-like

Taste + consistency of the nougat cream

alcoholic, acidic up to inexpressive

5 liquid, delicious

malodorous, strange

4 semi-solid, delicious

2 unevenly distributed, with some outflow on the surface

Hardness

3 more solid, inexpressive

very soft

2 solid, delicious

softer

1 solid, disagreeable

soft

Adhesiveness to palate

slightly hard

5 very slightly adhesive

hard

4 slightly adhesive, separative

Crumb

3 medium-adhesive

even, soft walls, medium pores, very good

2 considerably adhesive

less even, medium pores, white with a soft shade, good

1 very adhesive

very rough walls, large pores, yellowish, sufficient

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Table 2. Scale of the sensory scoring evaluation of nougat creams

Attribute Characteristics

Shape
Adhesiveness to palate

Crust

Odour
5

expressive, typical cocoa

less expressive, cocoa

slightly expressive

inexpressive alcoholic up to acidic

disagreeable, strange

Cream taste

Odour

Cream appearance

Taste
5

very agreeable, cocoa with a filbert core after-taste

suitable, less expressive cocoa, less expressive

filbert-core after-taste

slightly expressive, cocoa up to inexpressive

acidic, alcoholic

disagreeable, strange

Consistency
5

semi-solid, paste-like, soft

more solid, soft

more solid, with small clods

solid

very solid

Hardness

Taste

Storage (days)
0

30

Crumb
45

60

75

90

Fig. 1. Diagram of croissant sensory evaluation [Brioche dough,

cream C1 (aw = 0.79) + sorbic acid]

Shape
Crust

Adhesiveness to palate

Colour
5

light-brown up to brown

brown

dark-brown

dark-brown, sporadically darker or lighter spots

dark-brown, remarkable colour changes, large stains

Odour

Cream taste

Hardness

Cream appearance

Appearance
5

bright smooth surface, homogeneous without

visible small clods

less bright surface, presence of small clods

brightless surface, presence of small clods

dull surface, presence of big clods

considerably unequal surface, presence of big clods

and foreign matters

ring the storage some undesirable changes take place

in the fat and affect the sensory properties (Figs 18);
the different application of the cream also affected the
sensory quality of the investigated products, namely
their appearance, taste, and the consistency of the cream. In creams C1 (aw = 0.79) and C3 (aw = 0.86) comparable results were found while cream C2 (aw = 0.82)
revealed lower values of the parameters under investigation. It appears that the water activity value did not have
a crucial influence on the sensory properties, and that
the above-indicated differences were apparently caused
by different recipes for the individual nougat creams;
no influence of the addition of sorbic acid on the senso-

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Taste
Storage (days)

30

Crumb
. 45

60

75

90

Fig. 2. Diagram of croissant sensory evaluation [Brioche dough,

cream C1 (aw = 0.79)]

ry properties was observed. The applied concentration

of 0.62% did not affect any sensory parameters.
Creams

Changes in the organoleptic properties (odour, taste,

consistency, colour, appearance) of creams prepared with
different aw values were evaluated at the beginning (zero
day) and at the end of the storage (90th day). The average
values are summarized in Figs 911.
During the storage following changes in the sensory
parameters of creams were recorded:
in cream C1 (aw = 0.79) only minimal qualitative changes
occurred. Neither the consistency nor the colour changed. In evaluating the taste and appearance, the minimum

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Shape

Shape
Adhesiveness to palate

Adhesiveness to palate

Crust

Cream taste

Odour

Cream appearance

Hardness

Taste

Storage (days)
0
30

Cream taste

Odour

Cream appearance

Hardness

Crumb
Taste

Storage (days)

45

Crust

60

75

90
0

Fig. 3. Diagram of croissant sensory evaluation [Brioche dough,

cream C3 (aw = 0.86) + sorbic acid]

30

45

Odour

Cream appearance

Hardness

30

90

60

Crust

Cream taste

Odour

Cream appearance

Hardness

Taste

Crumb
45

75

Adhesiveness to palate

Crust

Cream taste

60

Shape

Adhesiveness to palate

Storage (days)

Fig. 5. Diagram of croissant sensory evaluation [Croissant

dough, cream C2 (aw = 0.82) + sorbic acid]

Shape

Taste

Crumb

Crumb

Storage (days)
75

90

30

45

60

75

90

Fig. 4. Diagram of croissant sensory evaluation [Brioche dough,

cream C3 (aw = 0.86)]

Fig. 6. Diagram of croissant sensory evaluation [Croissant

dough, cream C2 (aw = 0.82)]

level of 0.17 points (s = 0.320.5; sr = 9.211.8%) was

found. The most remarkable changes were observed in
the evaluation of odour (0.5 points);
in cream C2 (aw = 0.82), changes were more recognizable. Odour (0.67 points), taste (0.33 points), consistency (0.5 points), colour (0.33 points) and appearance
(0.17 points) varied; (s = 0.40.55, sr = 812%);
in cream C3 (aw = 0.86), slight changes in the investigated parameters were observed, namely: odour (0.17 points) and taste (1 point). The sensory evaluation of taste,
consistency and colour did not change during the storage (s = 0.480.58, sr = 8.512.3%).

Considering the summarized evaluation of the creams

used over the time period starting from the zero time up to
the 90th day of storage, it may be concluded that the most
acceptable cream as viewed from the sensory aspect
was C1 (aw = 0.79).
Mould and yeast counts. During the 90-day storage at
laboratory temperature, no moulds or yeasts occurred in
any analysed samples (products and creams contained
< 10 CFU/g); consequently, they are not presented either
in the tabelar or in the graphical forms.
Considering mould and yeast counts, it may confirmed
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Shape

Shape
Adhesiveness to palate

Cream taste

Odour

Cream appearance

Hardness

Taste
Storage (days)
(days)
Storage

Adhesiveness to palate

Crust

30

Cream taste

Odour

Cream appearance

Hardness

Crumb
45

60

Crust

Taste

75

90

Storage (days)

30

Crumb
45

60

75

90

Fig. 7. Diagram of croissant sensory evaluation [Croissant

dough, cream C3 (aw = 0.86) + sorbic acid]

Fig. 8. Diagram of croissant sensory evaluation [Croissant

dough, cream C3 (aw = 0.86)]

quirements for this type of product (the limit for the mould
count is 5 102/g max. in 5 analysed samples, the limit of
5 103/g being allowed in two of them; the yeast count is
not included in the standard (Food Codex of the Slovak
Republic 1998). The influence of sorbic acid (0.62%) in
the spirit spray applied on to the surface of products had
no marked effect on the microbiological quality and the
shelf life of the finished products.
pH. The pH value was measured as a complementary
index of the quality of products which is associated with
the development of microflora. The pH values of the samples did not markedly change during 90-day storage (5.9
6.1), which corresponds also to the significantly unchanged
microflora during the storage. In samples 6 and 9 produced from the croissant dough, the pH value was somewhat higher than that in samples 1 to 4 produced from the

brioche dough, which was obviously in connection with

the different recipes. The pH values of the creams were
measured at the beginning (zero day) and at the end
(90th day) of the storage and were approximately 6.6.
aw value. The water activity values of 8 kinds of the
Resanka samples were measured at regular intervals
during storage; the water activity values of the corpus
and cream were measured separately and on the basis of
these values the average water activity of individual products was calculated. The values of the water activity of
the samples as determined in the course of storage varied
from 0.70 to 0.84 which may have been caused by the
sample variability resulting from the unevenness of the
baking process in the rotary furnace.
The aw values of creams (zero and 90th day) ranged
according to the above-indicated specification (C1, C2

Odour

Odour

Appearance

Taste

Colour
Storage (days)

Consistency

90

Fig. 9. Diagram of cream C1 (aw = 0.79) sensory evaluation

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Appearance

Taste

Colour
Storage (days)

Consistency
0

90

Fig. 10. Diagram of cream C2 (aw = 0.79) sensory evaluation

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Odour

Appearance

Taste

Colour
Storage (days)

Consistency
0

90

Fig. 11. Diagram of cream C3 (aw = 0.86) sensory evaluation

and C3) from 0.79 to 0.86. They did not change in the
course of storage and, consequently, they are not demonstrated in a tabular form.
Conclusions
The results given in this paper enable to conclude that
health-beneficial and taste-attractive products with a long
shelf life and utilization at the consumers market can be
obtained by:
a strict observation of the hygienic regulations for the
prevention of the danger of contamination by analysing the risks (HACCP)
a strict observation of the baking process
preferring the brioche dough to the croissant dough
a careful consideration of the use of sorbic acid (in view
of the spectrum of its action).
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HOZOV B., KUKUROV I., TURICOV R., DODOK L. (2002): Senzorick akos skladovanch pekrskych vrobkov typu
croissant. Czech J. Food Sci., 20: 105112.
Hodnotili jsme senzorick akos (tvar, va, farba, chu, konzistencia, krka, striedka at.), mnostvo plesn a kvasiniek,
hodnoty aw a pH poas 90-dovho skladovania (0, 30, 45, 60, 75 a 90 dn) v laboratrnych podmienkach pri 20 2 C v 8 typoch
pekrskych vrobkov typu croissant s nugtovm krmom, odliujcich sa typom cesta (brio, croissant), aw hodnotou krmu
a prdavkom alebo bez prdavku kyseliny sorbovej v postreku liehu na povrch vrobkov. Uveden parametre boli stanoven tie
vo vzorkch nugtovch krmov (0. a 90. de skladovania). Zvolen parametre umonili posdi as trvanlivosti vrobkov
v zvislosti od rznych technologickch podmienok (kyselina sorbov, receptra, aw).
Kov slov: croissant; senzorick hodnotenie; plesne a kvasinky; aw; pH; kyselina sorbov

Corresponding author:
RNDr. BERNADETTA HOZOV, PhD., Fakulta chemickej a potravinrskej technolgie STU, Katedra vivy a hodnotenia potravn,
Radlinskho 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovensk republika
tel.: + 421 2 59 32 54 78, fax: + 421 2 52 49 31 98, e-mail: kukurova@yahoo.com

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